{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-379h.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 379H.101","heading":"CREATION OF LAND BANK.","body":"(a) The governing body of a municipality may create a land bank by the adoption of an ordinance approving the land bank's certificate of formation and bylaws.\n(b) Approval by the governing body of a municipality of the certificate of formation and bylaws of a corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that will serve as a land bank under this chapter is sufficient to create a land bank under this section.\n(c) A land bank's certificate of formation and bylaws approved under this section may not be changed or amended unless the governing body of the municipality for which the land bank was created approves the change or amendment by the adoption of an ordinance.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 780 (S.B. 1679), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 379H. URBAN LAND BANK PROGRAM IN MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF TWO MILLION OR MORE","SUBCHAPTER C. CREATION, OPERATION, AND DISSOLUTION OF LAND BANK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.379H.htm#379H.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"a685974962611d6815a3faf317a2bc5056d940282eafcce53668a131420b01b3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-379h.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-379h.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}